Triumph and Tragedy Photo Exhibit is on Display at Kosmos Cinema Theater until May 28th

Soldiers in water.
Robert Capa. American soldiers landing on the coast of France under heavy Nazi machine gun fire. Omaha Beach. 6 June 1944

On April 27, Triumph and Tragedyopened at Kosmos, commemorating the shared history and victory of the Soviet Union, Great Britain, the United States and other Allies in World War II.  The images remind us of the human element in war and of the atrocities of World War II that should never be repeated.  Photos about D-Day, the Battle on Britain, the War in Asia, the Holocaust, the Eastern Front and Sverdlovsk Oblast during the war are included the exhibit.  The photographs come from the National Archives and Records Administration, the Library of Congress, the Imperial War Museum, and the Moscow House of Photography.  The exhibit will be on display until May 28.  Entrance is free.

Joe Rosenthal. Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima. Mount Suribachi. 23 February 1945
Joe Rosenthal. Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima. Mount Suribachi. 23 February 1945